The US vice president says American negotiators are returning without a peace deal.
Speaking after 21 hours of peace talks in Pakistan, JD Vance said Iranian negotiators “have chosen not to accept our terms”.
He said the US had sought an “affirmative commitment” that Tehran would not seek a nuclear weapon, nor the tools to quickly achieve one.
He said: “Do we see a fundamental commitment of will for the Iranians not to develop a nuclear weapon… for the long term? We haven’t seen that yet.”
Sky News reports that the US vice president added that a number of other issues had been covered, and insisted that American negotiators were “quite flexible” and “quite accommodating”.
“But again,” Vance said, “we just could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms.”
The Vice President concluded: “We leave here with a very simple proposal; a method of understanding that is our final and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians accept it.”
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